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Last updated 28 January 2010
Carrera (R.): Les Heures de L'Amour / Hours of Love / die Stunden der Liebe O/P. 143 pages, illustrated (mostly in colour), no date. A short history of horological automata followed by descriptions and illustrations of enamelled and engraved watches with erotic automata. Excellent copy with very good dust jacket and card slipcase. [French, English and German language] (Ref: K1105)Price: £95.00
[Deutsches Museum]: [Deutsches Museum]: Uhren und Automaten: Vermächtnis Werner Brüggemann O/P. 66 pages, illustrated, 1986. A catalogue of the 35 clocks bequeathed to the Deutsches Museum, Munich by Werner Brüggemann in 1980. A good copy with card covers and dust jacket. [German language] (Ref: K2000)Price: £9.00
García-Diego (J.A.): Juanelo Turriano Charles V’s Clockmaker – the Man and his Legend S/H. 165 pages, 102 plates, 1986. A limited edition of 1000 copies. Turriano, who is better known in Italy and Spain than he is elsewhere, was born about 1510 and trained as a clockmaker in Lombardy. He made several astronomical clocks, automata and planetariums but is also famous for his work as an engineer on hydraulic projects. An unused copy, but with slight crease and shelf wear to top and bottom of front cover. Card covers. (Ref: K1315)Price: £14.00
Hesketh (D.): Penny-In-the-Slot Automata and the Working Model NEW. 224 pages, over 300 colour illustrations, published January 2005. The first comprehensive guide to those ingenious amusements which have delighted visitors to the seaside and the fairground for over a century (1860's to 1970's). The book has chapters on the British makers Ahrens, Bolland, Canova, Dennison, Kraft, Lee and Tansley as well as on American working models and coin-operated mechanical music. A price guide and list of museums with good collections is also included. With dust jacket. (Ref: N599) More information…..Price: £95.00
Kochmann (K.): Black Forest Clockmaker and the Cuckoo Clock NEW. 266 pages, illustrated, reprinted 2005. A detailed study of cuckoo clocks, including notes and diagrams of their mechanisms. The book also has chapters on history, restoration, trademarks and illustrations from several late 19th century catalogues. Card covers. (Ref: N1424)Price: £25.00
Kochmann (K.): Black Forest Music Clocks NEW. 61 pages, 33 colour illus., figures, 1990. A useful book on the history, makers, technology and construction of the Black Forest flute clock. Card covers. (Ref: N625)Price: £20.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Collecting Musical Boxes and How to repair Them O/P. 140 pages, 44 plates, 19 figures, 1967. A good book on the history of disc and cylinder musical boxes and how to restore them. The book has chapters on how to identify makers trade marks and a list of known makers and their agents. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K2095)Price: £35.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Musical Box - a History and Collector's Guide O/P. 409 pages, 161 plates, 45 figures, 1980. A detailed study on the birth and evolution of cylinder and disc musical boxes by an acknowledged expert. The book has a list of makers, patentees and agents as well as a guide to tune sheets and their identification. A very good copy with good dust jacket (tear to head of spine). (Ref: K230)Price: £75.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Pianola - the History of the Self-Playing Piano O/P. 395 pages, 150 plates, 67 figures, 1984. A comprehensive guide to the rise and fall of the automatic piano. The book starts with the barrel piano and charts the development of pneumatic action and roll playing instruments. The book has a list of the principal makers, patentees and agents. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2096)Price: £90.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Restoring Musical Boxes O/P. 186 pages, 53 figures, 50 plates, 1980. This is a complete handbook to the techniques used in musical box repair, restoration and conservation; cylinder and disc types are both included. The book also has a section on restoring the wooden boxes. Excellent copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K1189)Price: £40.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks NEW. 368 pages, 180 illus. and 184 diagrams approx., reprinted 2005. A good book, now back in print, for the understanding and the repair of cylinder and disc musical boxes, singing birds and all types of musical clocks. An excellent book and essential for restorers and owners of musical boxes and musical clocks. With dust jacket. (Ref: N797) More information…..Price: £35.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Box - A Guide for Collectors Including a Guide to Values NEW. 343 pages, 330 plates, 78 figs, 1995. This is the most recent and best of Ord-Hume's books on musical boxes and is the definitive history of mechanical music, its instruments and their development and technology. The book illustrates the various types of mechanism and includes patents, makers' trade marks and tune sheets. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1653) More information…..Price: £59.95
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Clock - Musical & Automaton Clocks and Watches NEW. 352 pages, well illustrated in colour and b&w, 1995. The definitive work on musical clocks, including the tunes played, and note on their makers. A very useful book for collectors. With dust jacket. (Ref: N231) More information…..Price: £49.99
